Examples of close call in a Sentence
We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
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The close call comes two months after New York man Kevin Monahan was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for the murder of Kaylin Gillis .The 20-year-old woman was a passenger in a car that was using Monahan’s driveway to turn around on a rural road when Monahan opened fire on the vehicle.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 2 May 2024
Yeltsin's nuclear briefcase Even the end of the Cold War in 1991 didn't spell an end to hair-raising close calls.
—Rebecca Messina, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
Moreover, the state has faced close calls with ships and has had at least one a fatality decades ago, when a small car went over the edge of the Mackinac Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
The agency said its construction workers have already experienced a number of close calls on vehicle collisions this year and asked drivers to take extra care in work zones.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2024
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 2 May 2024
Yeltsin's nuclear briefcase Even the end of the Cold War in 1991 didn't spell an end to hair-raising close calls.
—Rebecca Messina, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
Moreover, the state has faced close calls with ships and has had at least one a fatality decades ago, when a small car went over the edge of the Mackinac Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
The agency said its construction workers have already experienced a number of close calls on vehicle collisions this year and asked drivers to take extra care in work zones.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2024
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“Close call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20call. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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